Cigar-cutter



(Np Model.) Sheets-Sheet 1.

, 2 J. GRATZ & P. HAGEDORN.

GIGAR GUTTER.

N0.` 291,509.. Patented Jan. 8, 1884` (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. GRATZ 8v P. HAGVEDORN.

GIGAR GUTTER.

Patented Jan. 8, 1884.

jira/Way UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

ClGAR-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed February 17, IESS.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, JOHN GRTZ and PE TER HAGEDORN, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar Cutter and Register, of which the following is a speciiication, to Wit:

This invention relates to cigar-cutters, and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts ashereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our invention appertains to make and use the same, We Will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the accompanyingdrawin gs, in Which- Figure l is aperspective view of our invention, Fig. 2, an end elevation of the same, Fig. 3, a plan view with the dials removed from the register; and Fig. 4 is a cross-section through one of the dials and ratchet-toothed registry-wheel- A represents a block or frame provided with the usual groove, a, for the reception of the stock to be cut, and an adjustable gage, A', and scale a', for regulating the length of the cigars to be cut. At one end the block A is provided with a metal bearing-plate, B, having a beveled semicircular opening, I), opposite the end of the groove a, against which the knife operates, and pivoted to the other side of this plate is an operating-lever, B', as seen in the drawings.

Fivoted to the plate B at c, above and in front ofthe pivot ofthe lever B, is the knife C, formed, as shown, of oval form, or having its cuttingedge describing a parabolic curve, c. This knife is pivoted near one end, a'nd has its upper end formed with an open slot, c2, in which Works a stud, b, upon the hand-lever B. It will thus be seen that by reason of the peculiar shape of its cutting-edge, and its being pivoted above and at one side of the lever, the knife, in passing the opening b of the bearing-plate, is given a peculiar drawing cut, which severs the end of the cigar clearly and Without breaking the Wrapper or lling. Outside of the bearingplate is secured a guide-piece, C', which guides the knife and keeps it rigidly in place While in operation, at the same time forming a support for the outer end of the stock while be- Patent No. 291,569, dated January 8, 1884,

(No model.)

ing operated upon. The pivot bt' of thelever B passes through the plate B and extends a short distance beyond it, and is supplied with a coiled spring, Bt, Which returns the lever and knife to their highest or normal position after being depressed. The inner end of this pivot b2 is provided near one edgeavith a Wrist-pin, d, upon Which is a pawl, D, having its lower end passing down into the register mechanism and engaging therewith. The block A is recessed just in rear of the plate B, and pro vided with one or more dials and registering operated upon is accurately recorded. In the present instance two of these dials are shown, one of Which records single cigars and the other hundreds. The dial E is divided into a hundred spaces or divisions7 and provided With a hand, c, upon a central hub or shaft, c', which passes through the block, and is pro- I vided with a handle, ci, upon its under side, by which the hand may be turned to set it at the iirst division after having been used. Upon this hub, below t-he dial, is a Wheel, E', provided upon its outer edge ivith one stud or tooth, c3, and upon its upper side with a hundred ratchet-teeth, c", with which the pawl D engages as the device is operated, moving the wheel forward one notch for each operation of the lever B.

F is a second dial, divided into twenty-five spaces, intended to register hundreds, and having a hand, f, hub j, having a handle, f2, and a Wheel, F, formed With twenty-five teeth, With Which the one tooth or stud on the ad joining Wheel will mesh. As the lever B is depressed, its pivotal shaft is rotated, and the pawl D throws the Wheel E forward one notch, registering one up on the dial above. vWhen this wheel has been entirely revolved,the stud upon its periphery strikes and turns the other one, F, and registers one upon the second dial, thus registering single cigars upon one and hundreds upon the other.

Vhile We have described a mechanism adapted to register upon two dials the number of cigars out, it is obvious that any number may be used, divided into any desired number of spaces; and We may also use gearing of differ'- ent construction for operating the hands, the ones described being only one of the modes l by which this may be done.

mechanism, by which the number of cigars Having thus fully described our invention, knife C, the spring B2 on the pivot b2, for re- What Weelaiin as new, and desire to secure by turning` the knife, and means for actuating the Letters Patent, isregistering devices at each stroke of the knife, 15'

The Combination, with the box or bloek A, all substantially as shown and described. 5 containing a registering mechanism, sind pro- In testimony whereof We affix our signatures vided with a groove, a, and an adjust-able gage, in presence of two Witnesses.

l l q A, of the plate B, seemed to one end of said JOHN GRATZ.

box, and having 2t beveled seniieiroular opening, b, the knife C, pivoted to said plate and 1o having a slot, c2, the hand-lever B', having a Witnesses:

pivot, b2, passing through the plate B, and pro- XV. C. MOARTHUR,

vided with a stud, b, enga-ging the slotted FRANK JoHNsoN.

PETER HAGEDOBN. 

